WELCOME!

DO NOW:

Put your name on the notecard and respond to these three questions.

1. In two words, describe yourself as a student.
2. What is something most people love but you dislike?
3. What’s a small thing that gives you joy?

WITH YOUR ELBOW PARTNER!

• Introduce yourself! Share one of the things you wrote on the notecard

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Discuss the following

• What do you like about learning (not school)?
• What are things that make learning difficult?

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CLASS EXPECTATIONS

• Learning comes first

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• Be present (show up, check resources, communicate)
• Be prepared (I do want you to have a notebook)
• Be polite (We’re all learning too)

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Something to write with something to write on

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Mindsets and �Learning�Day 1�

Adam Restad

DAILY OBJECTIVES

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Today

• Learning
• Understand different mindsets
• Neuroplasticity

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THINK and WRITE

Process alone for 2 minutes.

1. What is learning?
2. How does learning work?
3. What does it take to learn a new skill? A new concept or idea?

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• What are some specific challenges YOU face in school?
• How do/can you adapt to those challenges?

BUILDING INTELLIGENCE

SCHEMA

• a framework that helps collect, organize, interpret, and connect information

And a framework for thinking

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(Louis, 2011)

Stop and jot

• What does the line “It’s not just what you know. It’s what you know about what you know” mean to you?
• What strategies HAVE you learned that help assist learning and completing school assignments?
• What are "metacognitive strategies”? Why do you think they help promote learning and success in school?
• Of the learning strategies listed on the 2nd page, how many do you use now? Which ones do you think would be most helpful? Why?

GROWTH vs FIXED

Often, humans have a mix of both!

GROWTH MINDSET

• traits can all be improved through effort and practice�

FIXED MINDSET

• traits are unchanging and “fixed” kind of at birth

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(Ricci, 2017)

1. Understand different mindsets

Make a quick list: What classes did you have a growth vs. fixed mindset last semester?

FIXED

GROWTH

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BRAIN DUMP

Jot down EVERYTHING you can remember from today’s class.

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NEUROPLASTICITY

BRAIN BASED LEARNING

NEUROPLASTICIY

the ability for our brains to change and grow and change over time

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• Neurons
• fibers in the brain that pass information
• constantly change and grow

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• Takes effort, repetition to reinforce pathways.

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(Ricci, 2017, p. 6)

3. What it takes to learn

STRONGER AND SMARTER

• Experiences and thoughts LITERALLY rewire the brain in ANYONE.�
• Like lifting weights, playing music, or drawing…

the more we do, the better we get.

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(Draganski, et al., 2004)

3. What it takes to learn

SELF EXPERIMENT

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• Think about yourself on the first day?
• Where are all your classes?
• What is your schedule?
• How hard is your brain working?�
• By week 3, do you really have to think as hard?

BRAIN DUMP

Jot down EVERYTHING you can remember about

• Mindsets
• Neuroplasticity

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SHARE

With your table partner

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THINK and WRITE

Pick one and write for 5 minutes

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• Explain a time you experienced a teacher or class that really encourage a growth mindset.

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• Identify a time when you felt school (either a specific class or policy) reinforced a fixed mindset.

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• How does the concept of neuroplasticity connect with learning and/or school?

SHARE

With your table partner

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Read Article

What is interesting?

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What can you connect to these ideas?

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What questions do you have?

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READ: Interesting, Connection, Questions

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Write an email that addresses two of the following:

• Explain what a fixed vs growth mindset is. Use examples.
• Explain to me whether you've approached English with a fixed mindset or a growth mindset in the past. Use examples.
• Describe what teachers can do to help promote growth mindsets.
• Reflect on real-life examples of the use of a growth mindset (by you or someone you know). Explain how the growth mindset helped you (or someone you know) to solve a problem or to achieve a goal.
• Explain what you do when you do not understand a skill or concept you are learning?
• Describe a mistake you made in school in the past? What could you do to improve next time?

EXIT TICKET

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Two Things

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On your notecard, list the two most important things you remember from today’s lesson.